FTP X description
FTP/X - FTP ActiveX Control and COM Object

Mabry's FTP/X ActiveX control provides easy, high-level access to the complete FTP client protocol (RFC 959). In addition to capturing server directory listings into a string array property, the new FTP/X also makes the results available as an ADO Recordset providing easy access to the various fields that a server returns. FTP/X has powerful built-in features to support debugging and non-standard servers using the Quote method.

The 32-bit FTP/X comes as both an ActiveX control (OCX) and a COM object (DLL), so you can use it in nearly any modern programming environment. As a light ActiveX control/COM Object, FTP/X doesn't require any bulky MFC DLLs to run. Your web-based applications (VBScript, ASP, etc.) will download faster, your installation package will be smaller, and you'll have no problems with different versions of DLLs on your users' systems. And, because it's both an ActiveX control and COM Object, FTP/X will run in Visual Basic, Visual FoxPro, Internet Explorer, Delphi and any other environment that supports either ActiveX controls or COM objects.

A common problem with FTP servers is that there is no official standard when it comes to the format of directory listings. The exact format of the data returned by the server may vary depending upon the system type. The FTP/X control solves this programmer's headache by automatically parsing the data and making it available to your application as a familiar ADO Recordset object. If the server's format is not suitable for the control's parser, a new DirItemPattern property can be used to specify how the fields are to be parsed. For those who would rather handle the data themselves, the data is also presented in its original format via a string array property.

Both the FTP/X ActiveX control and COM Object use the normal event-driven programming model or Fast Notifications. Fast Notifications allow your program to quickly receive events through simple functions, rather than going through the overhead to fire an event. This reduces the amount of time required to handle an event.

FTP/X supports non-blocking (asynchronous) mode as well as pseudo-blocking and true blocking modes, to meet most any programming requirement. FTP/X is firewall friendly complying with the Firewall-Friendly FTP Specification (RFC 1579). From behind most firewalls, your applications will be able to communicate with external FTP servers.

Mabry's FTP/X ActiveX control requires no user input to run. The FTP/X control can run completely in the background under program control. This allows your program to take care of file transfers while the user performs other tasks.